The William Baker Choral Foundation in the Midwest, through the Kenneth C. Babcock Memorial Music Performance Fund, presents

The 17th Annual Summer Concert The REQUIEM of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music of America in the Time of Mozart

Summer Singers of Kansas City & Chamber Orchestra Dr. William O. Baker, Music Director & Conductor Christine Freeman, Associate Music Director & Senior Vocal Coach Jamea Sale, Choral Associate Dr. Wayne Smith, Organist Jennifer Berroth, Student Intern

Sarah Tannehill Anderson, soprano Kristee Haney, alto David Adams, tenor Joshua Lawlor, baritone

Saturday Evening, 22 August 2015 Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral Kansas City, Missouri

www.FestivalSingers.org

The 17th Summer Singers of Kansas City

William O. Baker, DMA

WBCF Founder & Music Director

Lynn Swanson, MME

WBCF Executive Associate Music Director

Dorothy Goodson, MBA, CPA

Development Associate

Christine Freeman, MME

Associate Music Director/Senior Vocal Coach

Scott C. Smith

Choral Associate & Administrator, Atlanta

Jamea Sale, MME

Choral Assistant, Kansas City

Amy Thropp

Director, Zimria Festivale Atlanta

Charles Nelson

Director, Northwest Georgia Summer Singers

Thomas Sheets

Assistant Conductor,

Lynn Swanson Festival Singers

Chris Barnard

Administrator, Kansas City

R. Douglas Helvering, DMA

Contributing Editor, Amber Waves Music

Jennifer Berroth & Albert Clark

Student Interns

Leanne Elmer Herrmann

Steven McDonald, DMA

Ivy Belk Pirl

Rosanne St. Clair

O. Wayne Smith, DMA

Steve Thropp

Staff Accompanists

The William Baker Choral Foundation, Inc.

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*Laura Baker Gary Hobin Leslie Newlin

Nikki Banister Kevin Hodson Avree Norman

*Chris Barnard Stephen Hodson Cindy Obenhaus

Ruth Beedle Susie Hodson Amy Orr

Jane Belanus *Jill Holtkamp Ed Orr

Terrance Belanus Lynn Horsley *Melissa Overton

*Jennifer Berroth Kathryn Huey Sydney Pendleton

*Elyse Biethman *Jim Jandt Pamela Pendergast

Pegeen Blank *Gary Jarrett Debbie Peterson

Marty Boos Susan Johannsen Ruth Ann Phares

Rebecca Boos Ruth Johnson Kimberly Pletcher

*Joyce Braddock Rebecca Jordan Lauren Pope

Carole Bredeson Linda Jurkiewicz Doug Puckett

Mary Burnett Mary Kenney Lois Reitz

Debra Burnes John Keogh Carole Runnenberger

Bill Cannon *Amanda Kimbrough Chris Rupprecht

Robin Annette Chapman *Ross Kimbrough *Jamea Sale

Cynthia Clark-Campbell Erin Kriss Shad Sanders

Tom Coulter Kristina Kriss John Schaefer

*Jill Davis Sara Kurtz Dan Schleicher

Jonathan Davis Mary Lehoczky *Cindy Sheets

Kelly Deare Fred Leif Melissa Simpson

Kent Dickinson Marjorie Leser Gary Smedile

Laura Dickinson Susan Lieberman Pam Smedile

Tanya Dixon Katherine Lorand Gary Smith

Donna Douthit Elizabeth Lumpkin *George Smith

Julianna Drees Judy Martin Jennifer Stallbaummer-Rouyer

Donna Feeback Lezlie Martin Joseph Steffen

Barbara Fegley Judy Maynard Joyce Stiefel

Rev. Richard Frahm III Nancy McDowell Dorothy Taylor

*Christine Freeman John McGinnis Rick Thomas

Susan Gauthier Susan McGinnis Tara Thomas

Sam Gershman Richard McKelvey Tim Thomas

Hannah Greb Kimberly McMillan Andrea Vandeven

Laura Gust Patricia Mina Phyllis Vasquez

Jill Hall Kristine Mina Carolyn Wallis

*Karen Hall Kristine Mitchell Kate Walsh

Mallory Harrington Barbara Moberg Joyce Whittier

Emerson Hartzler Carole Mosher Anne Wickliffe

LeeAnne Hays Elizabeth Mulkey Torie Wilmoth

Kathy Hellwege Jane Muenks *Pam Winn

*Member of the 2014-2015 William Baker Festival Singers

The Board of TrusteesDavid Barker, Belton, Missouri, Chair

Mary Puetz, Sioux Center, Iowa, Vice ChairAnn Stoskopf, Marietta, Georgia, Treasurer/CFO

David Chastain, Acworth, GeorgiaJoseph Ferst, Marietta, Georgia

Harley Granville, Ph.D., Smyrna, GeorgiaRoss Kimbrough, Overland Park, Kansas

John Schaefer, Kansas City, MissouriGreg Wegst, Mission, Kansas

Trustees EmeritusWilliam W. Dreyfoos, Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Michael S. McGarry, Atlanta, GeorgiaRoss Malme, Atlanta, Georgia

Brad Piroutek, Spring Hill, KansasScott Smith, Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. William O. Baker, Founder of the Choral Foundation

William O. Baker has earned a reputation as an entrepreneurial conductor and creator of choral organizations. He founded the DeKalb Choral Guild in 1978 at the age of 19. By the age of 21 he had conducted Brahms’ German Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Schubert’s Mass in G, and Handel’s Messiah with professional orchestras, launching a career of ambitious artistic leadership that now has extended nearly forty years. In the last few years he has conducted the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor of Bach, and the Sacred Service of Ernest Bloch, at the time of the performances the only Kansas City-based conductor to lead the works in over a quarter-century. Baker created the Atlanta-based William Baker Festival Singers, originally called “Gwinnett” Festival Singers, in 1985, and established the William Baker Choral

Foundation in 1990. In 1998 the conductor moved his home to the Kansas City area and created the Kansas City ensemble of the Festival Singers. The Choral Foundation has created over a dozen ensembles based in three states, involving hundreds of singers in the course of any year. His choirs have performed for numerous conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the American Guild of Organists, in addition to the 1982 World’s Fair and music festivals in the United States and Great Britain, most notably annual appearances before capacity audiences at Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival since 1989. He has led the Festival Singers in the production of 23 nationally released recordings, and in television and radio appearances across the nation, including The First Art, The Sounds of Majesty and National Public Radio’s Performance Today. No stranger to the orchestral podium, William Baker created the Mountain Park Wind Symphony in 1994 and the Kansas City Wind Symphony in 1998. Recent orchestral performances have included Vivaldi: The Seasons, Sibelius: Finlandia, Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Bizet: Suite L’Arlesienne, Haydn: Symphony No. 59 “Fire,” Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 and Symphony No. 9. Choral collaborations have included projects with members of the Kansas City Symphony, the Kazanetti Chamber Orchestra, the Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Kansas City Civic Orchestra, the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra, and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. He is Founder & Music Director of the Atlanta-based Orchestra of the American Heartland. Dr. Baker served as Minister of Music for a number of significant Lutheran, Presbyterian and United Methodist congregations across the South and the Midwest. Major appointments have included the historic Grace United Methodist Church in Midtown Atlanta and The Village Church in suburban Kansas City, the nation’s second largest Presbyterian congregation. Presently, he serves as director of The Cathedral Chorale, the choir for Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kansas City’s 8:00 AM Eucharist. He is the author of Hearts & Hands & Voices: Weekly Reflections on Music and the Church, published by Amber Waves Music. An Atlanta native, Dr. Baker studied voice and choral conducting at Mercer University and the University of Georgia before culminating his formal education at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago where he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting. The Baker family makes their home in northeastern Kansas. Dr. Baker commutes regularly to serve conducting responsibilities in Georgia, Kansas and Missouri. His accomplishments have been recognized in his native state through proclamations by two Georgia Governors, Joe Frank Harris and Sonny Purdue, by United States Congressman Phil Gingrey, and by a 2015 proclamation by the State of Georgia House of Representatives. In 2012 he was honored for his lifetime contributions to the cultural life of his hometown by the Pro-Mozart Society of Atlanta. In 2015 he was named Conductor Emeritus of The DeKalb Choral Guild.

THE SUMMER SINGERS OF KANSAS CITY

The Summer Singers of Kansas City is a non-auditioned chorus of 125-150 voices that begins rehearsals in June of each year to prepare for performances in late August. Members have included professional musicians as well as singers participating in a choral ensemble for the very first time in their lives. Choristers come from as far as Hiawatha, Topeka, Garden City and Emporia to be a part of the Summer Singers experience.

Created in 1999, the Summer Singers of Kansas City is now completing its 17th season. Previous summer concerts have featured ambitious works including Haydn: The Creation and Lord Nelson Mass, Handel: Coronation Anthems & Dettingen

Te Deum, Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Beethoven:

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Mass in C and Choral Fantasy, Mendelssohn: Elijah, and Mozart: Requiem and Great Mass in

C minor. The 2016 18th Summer Singers of Kansas City will join with professional orchestra and soloists to perform Haydn’s Mass in Time of War and the cantata Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Registration opens March 1, 2016. Rehearsals begin June 7. Membership is open to all adults and mature youth regardless of choral experience or background. Please contact the William Baker Choral Foundation in Kansas City for membership information. 913.403.9223 or Mail@FestivalSingers.org.

CHRISTINE FREEMAN, Associate Music Director & Senior Vocal Coach

Christine Freeman was appointed Associate Music Director of Kansas City ensembles and Senior Vocal Coach for the William Baker Choral Foundation in August 2011. She is a native of Topeka, Kansas. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education, emphasis Voice, and a Master of Music in Choral Pedagogy from the University of Kansas in Lawrence. She was appointed to membership in The William Baker Festival Singers in 2006, and served as Student Intern for the Choral Foundation in the 2007-2008 season, where she conducted Foundation ensembles in Kansas City, Atlanta, and at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston. She has conducted the Festival Singers and the Summer Singers of Kansas City, along with members of the Kansas City Symphony, in performances of Vivaldi Beatus Vir, Haydn Te Deum, and Mozart Regina Coeli. She appears as conductor on two Festival Singers recordings: A Festival for Christmas and Promised Land.

Ms. Freeman has been a clinician for honor choirs in Kansas and Missouri. In addition to her work with the Choral Foundation, Mrs. Freeman is a Music Educator and is beginning her second year in the Blue Valley School District instructing middle school choral music. She previously taught elementary and middle school music for eight years in the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas. Mrs. Freeman was recently nominated by her colleagues, and named runner-up, for the Kansas Choral Directors Association “Outstanding Young Choral Director Award.” She is currently the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Children’s Choirs with KCDA and has organized the Statewide Treble Honor Choir from 2012-2014. With her husband Daniel Freeman, a member of the Festival Singers, she makes her home in Overland Park, Kansas.

Leaving a Legacy of Immortal Music Through the Choral Foundation Have you considered remembering the work of the William Baker Choral Foundation in your will, estate plan or through a donor advised fund? At the Choral Foundation we are working to build an organization that will connect people with music of timeless beauty and worth for many generations to come. Your gift to our work through your estate will help us bring the life-changing joys of participation in the performance of great music to thousands of men, women, youth and children yet unborn. Your gift may be designated to support the work of the Choral Foundation in a specific community, or through a particular ensemble, or a special project. Please advise your will preparer, estate planner, or attorney of your desire to support the work of the William Baker Choral Foundation through a legacy gift. Our office staff will gladly provide the necessary information to insure that your gift is received and properly applied. Please call 913.403.9223 for more details, or email us at Mail@FestivalSingers.org.

JAMEA SALE, Choral Assistant

Jamea Sale, Choral Assistant, is a native of Colby, Kansas. She graduated from Kansas State University in Manhattan in 1987 with a Bachelor of Music in Voice and Instrumental Music Education, and in 2012 she completed the Master of Music in Vocal/Choral Pedagogy at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. She met rigorous requirements for membership to the International Voice Care Network at St. John’s University in 2010. Other memberships include ACDA, NAfME, NATS, and Olathe Music Teachers Association. Jamea has been a member and soloist with the William Baker Festival Singers and the Summer Singers of Kansas City since 2002, and served as Student Intern for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 concert seasons. She was appointed as Choral Assistant in Kansas City in August 2012.

With a certification in Preschool Musikgarten Education, Jamea led experiential music programs for parents and toddlers for five years. She served as Assistant Choral Director and Vocal Coach at St. James Academy High School in Lenexa, Kansas, for 3 years and has taught Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade music in the Olathe School District. Presently she serves as the Vocal Coach and Choral Assistant for Allegro con Brio & Allegro con Moto. In her Olathe, KS studio, Ms. Sale’s clients include students of voice & saxophone, and singers recovering from hoarseness, tension, limited range, or other health problems that affect the singing voice.

JENNIFER BERROTH, Student Intern Jennifer Berroth, will be a second year member of the William Baker Festival Singers in 2015-2016. She is a candidate for the Master of Music Education in Choral Pedagogy at the University of Kansas, and has been appointed Student Ontern for the 2015-2016 season. Her work began this summer with the Summer Singers of Lee’s Summit and the Summer Singers of Kansas City. It will continue through the end of the 18th season of the Festival Singers. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Music Education (Voice) from Washburn University in Topeka, and is beginning her fifth year as Music Teacher for the St. Michael’s and All Angels Catholic School.

Over thirty students at the Master & Doctoral level have participated in the Choral Foundation’s Student Intern & Choral Scholars program. For additional information about upcoming opportunities call 913-403-9223.

O. WAYNE SMITH, DMA, Organist & Accompanist

Dr. O. Wayne Smith was appointed Staff Organist and Accompanist for the Choral Foundation in August 2005 after having been a frequent guest artist with the William Baker Festival Singers. He serves as organist and pianist at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Overland Park, Kansas. Dr. Smith was previously Music Director and Organist at Faith Lutheran Church, Prairie Village, Kansas, for twenty years. He is also a staff organist for the Community of Christ Auditorium and Temple in Independence. Dr. Smith’s formal music study concentrated on piano performance and includes a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Maryland. Piano performances have included a solo recital for former First Lady Mrs. Gerald Ford, a recital for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and recitals for various Washington diplomatic occasions. Solo orchestral appearances include the Dallas Symphony, the Tulsa Philharmonic, the Independence Symphony and the Graceland College-

Community Orchestra. Keeping an active performance schedule, he has performed as both soloist and accompanist on many concert series throughout the Kansas City area. Dr. Smith has taught piano for Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, and was co-founder and teacher for the Music/Arts Institute in Independence, Missouri. He currently teaches privately in Overland Park and Independence.

The 17th Annual Summer ConcertSaturday Evening, 22 August 2015, 7:00 PM, Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri

Introit

NORTHFIELDJeremiah INGALLS, 1764-1838

The Choral Public Domain Library

How long, dear Savior, O how long,

Shall this bright hour delay?

Fly swifter ‘round ye wheels of time,

And bring the welcome day!

Lo, what a glorious sight appears

To our believing eyes;

The earth and seas are passed away,

And these old rolling skies!

From the Third Heaven where God resides,

That holy, happy place,

The new Jerusalem comes down,

Adorned with shining grace.-Isaac Watts, 1674-1748

Welcome

I

O PRAISE THE LORD OF HEAVENWilliam BILLINGS, 1746-1800

The Choral Public Domain Library

O praise the Lord of Heaven,

Praise Him in the height, Praise Him in the depth.

Praise Him all ye angels, Praise Jehovah!

Praise Him sun and moon and blazing comets,

Let them praise the Name of the Lord,

For He spake the Word and all were made,

He commanded and they were created!

Admire, adore!

Ye dragons whose contagious breath,

People the dark abodes of death,

Change your dire hissing into heavenly song,

And praise your Maker with your forked tongue.

Fire, hail and snow; wind and storms;

Beast and cattle, creeping insectsf flying fowl;

Kings and princes, men and angels, praise the Lord!

Jew and Gentile, male and female, bond and free,

Earth and heaven, land and water, praise the Lord!

Young men and maids, old men and babes, praise the Lord!

Join creation, preservation and redemption, join in one.

No exemption, nor dissention, one invention and intention,

Reigns through the whole to praise the Lord!

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!

-Psalm 148 in paraphrase

WHEN JESUS WEPTWilliam BILLINGS, 1746-1800

The Choral Public Domain Library

When Jesus wept a falling tear

In mercy flowed beyond all bound.

When Jesus groaned a trembling fear

Seized all the guilty world around

CHESTERWilliam BILLINGS, 1746-1800

The Choral Public Domain Library

Let tyrants shake their iron rod.

And slavery clank her galling chains,

We’ll fear them not, we trust in God,

New England’s God forever reigns.

The foe comes on with haughty stride,

Our troops advance with martial noise,

Their veterans flee before our youth,

And geerals yield to beardless boys.

Howe and Burgoyne and Clinton, too,

With Prescott and Cornwallis joined,

Together plot our overthrow

In one infernal league combined.

What grateful offering shall we bring,

What shall we render to the Lord?

Loud hallelujahs let us sing,

And praise His name on every chord!

II

BROAD IS THE ROADDaniel READ, 1757-1836

Lawson Gould Music 910

Broad is the road that leads to death

And thousands walk together there,

But wisdom shows a narrow path

With here and there a traveler.

“Deny thyself and take thy cross,”

Is the Redeemer’s great command:

Nature must count her gold but dross

If she would gain this heavenly land.

Lord, let not all my hope be vain;

Create my heart entirely new,

Which hypocrites could ne’er attain,

Which false apostates never knew.

-Isaac Watts, 1674-1748

AMANDAJustin MORGAN, 1747-1798

The Choral Public Domain Library

Death, like and overflowing stream,

Bears us away, our life’s a dream.

An empty tale, a morning flower,

Cut down and withered in an hour.

GO CONGREGATION GO

SURELY HE HATH BORNE OUR

GRIEFSJohn ANTES, 1740-1811

Boosey & Hawkes 5303

Go, congregation, go and see,

See Thy Savior in Gethsemane.

There is a scene which with amaze

Must strike thy gaze:

Thy Maker prays!-Christian Gregor, 1723-1801

Surely He hath borne our griefs

And carried our sorrows.

He was wounded for our transgressions.

He was bruised for our iniquities.

The chastisement of our peace lay upon Him,

And with His stripes we are healed.

-Isaiah 53:4-5

Sarah Tannehill Anderson, soloist

III

AVE VERUM CORPUSWolfgang Amadeus MOZART, 1756-1791

The Choral Public Domain Library

Sung in Latin

Hail True Body, born of the Virgin Mary.

Truly suffering, was sacrificed on the cross for mankind,

From Whose pierced side flowed blood,

Be for us a foretaste in the final judgement.

O sweet, O merciful, O Jesus, Son of Mary.

Have mercy on me. Amen.

Conducted by Student Intern Jennifer Berroth

IV

REQUIEM, K626Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART, 1756-1791

The Choral Public Domain Library

Completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, 1766-1803

First Performance as completed,

Wednesday, 2 January 1793, Jahn-Saal, Vienna

Most Recent Choral Foundation Performance,

The Summer Singers of Atlanta & Chamber Orchestra,

Sunday, 3 August 2014, Atlanta, Georgia

Sung in Latin

INTROIT ET KYRIE

Grant them eternal rest,

O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Given by Tom Coulter in memory of Susan Coulter

To Thee, O God, are praises sung in Zion,

and unto Thee shall vows be performed in Jerusalem.

Unto Thee all flesh shall come.

Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.

SEQUENZ

Dies Irae: The day of wrath, that day shall

Dissolve the world in ashes as witnessed David and the Sibyl.

What trembling there shall be when the Judge shall come!

Tuba mirum: The trumpet, scattering a

Wondrous sound through the tombs of all lands,

shall bring all souls unto Thee.

Death and Nature shall be astounded when the creature

Shall rise again to answer to the Judge.

A book shall be brought forth in which

Shall be contained all by which the world shall be judged.

When the Judge shall sit, all that is hidden will be made known,

And nothing shall remain unavenged.

What shall I say in my misery? Who will be my advocate?

Rex tremedae: King of Majesty

Who freely redeemed the world, save me, O Source of Mercy!

Recordare: Remember, merciful Jesus, that I am the cause of

Thy journey, lest I am lost on that day. Seeking me has made

Thee weary; Thou didst redeem me by suffering the cross.

Let not such labor be vain.

O just Judge of vengeance,

Give me the gift of remission before the day of reckoning.

I groan as one guilty; my face blushes at my sin.

Spare me, Thy supplicant, O God.

Thou who absolved Mary and, with compassion,

Heard the prayer of the thief, Thou hast given me hope also.

My prayers are not worthy, but Thou showest Thy mercy lest

I burn in everlasting fire.

Give me place among Thy sheep and

Set me apart from the goats. Set me on Thy right hand.

Confutatis: When the damned are confounded and

Condemned to the flames, call me with the blessed.

I pray, kneeling in supplication, my heart contrite as ashes,

Take me into Thy care.

Lacrymosa: Lamentable is that day on which the guilty

Shall rise from the ashes to be judged.

Spare me, O God, for the sake of Thy merciful Son,

Jesus; and give me peace. Amen.

DOMINE JESU CHRISTE

O Lord, Jesus Christ, King of glory,

Deliver the souls of all the faithful departed from the

Torment of hell and from the bottomless pit;

Deliver them from the mouth of the lion,

Lest Tartarus swallow them; lest they fall into darkness.

But let St. Michael, the standard-bearer,

Bring them forth into holy light;

Which Thou promised to Abraham and to his posterity.

HOSTIAS

To Thee, O Lord, we render our offerings of praise and prayer.

Receive them for the souls we commemorate this day,

As Thou promised to Abraham and to his posterity.

SANCTUS ET BENEDICTUS

Holy, holy, holy Lord. God of power and might.

Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.

Hosanna in the highest.Given by Barbara Fegley in memory of her father Albert Zani

Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

AGNUS DEI

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world,

Grant them rest.Given by Pamela Pendergast in memory of W. Keith Elliott

COMMUNIO

Let everlasting light shine upon them,

O Lord, with Thy saints, for only Thou art merciful.

Grant to the departed eternal rest, O Lord,

And may perpetual light shine upon them.

Chamber Orchestra

Violin I

Alex Shum

Violin II

Anne-Marie Brown

Viola

Kent Brauninger

Violoncello

Lawrence Figg

Bass

Kenneth Mitchell

Clarinet

Elena Lence Talley

Debbie Allen

Bassoons

Ann Bilderback

Michael Scott

Trumpet

Keith Benjamin

Jennifer Fox

Trombones

Michael Davidson

Tyler Vahldick

Andy Newbegin

Timpani

Mark Lowry

Organ

Wayne Smith

The appearance of Concertmaster Alex Shum in today’s concert is made possible

by a grant from Anthony & Julianna Drees

Coloratura Soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson is a vibrant singer with versatility and a flare for both comedy and

drama on the operatic stage. She has performed leading operatic roles with the Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Company of

Philadelphia, Opera Omaha, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the Saarländisches Staatstheatre in

Saarbrücken, Germany. Shortly after Sarah’s move to Kansas City in 2006, she received rave reviews for singing her first

Ophelia in Thomas’ Hamlet with the Kansas City Lyric Opera. In 2007, Sarah earned distinction from Symphony

magazine as an Emerging Artist. She has sung with Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, North

Shore Choral Society, Southern Illinois Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, the KC

Chamber Orchestra, the New Ear Ensemble, and the Kansas City Symphony. Sarah is also a three-time Emmy winner for her film work

with the Missouri Department of Conservation. Sarah received her Master’s Degree at UMKC Conservatory in 1999. She is a member of

the Lyric Arts Trio, and teaches voice in Overland Park, Lee’s Summit and William Jewell College. A favorite of Choral Foundation

audiences, she has appeared in numerous performances with the Summer Singers of Kansas City and the William Baker Festival Singers.

The appearance of Sarah Tannehill Anderson in today’s concert is made possible by a grant from “Sarah’s Students” in her honor.

Kristee Haney, Mezzo-Soprano, is a rising artist in opera, concert and recital engagements. She is known for her rich

sound, dynamic stage presence, and dramatic role interpretation, performing with Music Academy of the West, Lyric

Opera of Kansas City, Mobile Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Rimrock Opera, Wichita Grand Opera, Kansas City Puccini

Festival, Kansas Concert Opera, Light Opera Oklahoma, Kansas City Baroque Consortium, Orpheus Chamber Singers,

Armonia Early Music Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival, and the Spoleto Festival USA. Active as an oratorio

soloist, highlights have included Vivaldi: Gloria, Mendelssohn: Elijah, Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Handel: Messiah and Dixit

Dominus, Bach: Magnificat, St. John Passion and Mass in B minor. After the performance of the Mass in B minor, with the

William Baker Festival Singers, Ms. Haney was hailed as the “..stand out soloist …whose seemingly effortless agility in scaling Bach’s

vocal demands was exceptional.” She is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance at the University of

Kansas where she studies with Joyce Castle. Ms. Haney is an adjunct professor of voice at William Jewell College.

The appearance of Kristee Haney in today’s concert is made possible a grant from Tom Coulter.

Tenor David Adams has performed in a variety of settings throughout the United States and Europe. His work in

opera has been described in Opera News as ‘light and flexible, yet fiery and expressive’. Specializing in the music of

Handel, Mozart, and Rossini, roles to his credit include the title character in Acis and Galatea, and Jupiter in Semele,

both by Handel. In the works of Mozart, Mr. Adams has sung Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Tamino in Die Zauberflote,

Belmonte in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte, and the title roles in La Clemenza di Tito and

Idomeneo. American companies where Mr. Adams has been engaged include The Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera,

Opera Orchestra of New York, The Caramoor Festival (with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s), New York City Opera, Fort

Worth Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Memphis, Mississippi Opera, The Kansas City Symphony, The Kansas City Chamber Orchestra,

Shreveport Opera, Syracuse Opera, Opera Birmingham, Houston’s Orchestra X, Augusta Opera, Opera Southwest, and Pittsburgh

Opera. On the concert stage, Mr. Adams has performed many of the major works of Bach, including the Evangelist in the St. Matthew

Passion (having also performed numerous concerts singing the tenor solo selections), Tenor soloist in St. John’s Passion, Magnificat, and

the B Minor Mass. Other oratorio credits include performances as soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Saint Paul,

Haydn’s Creation, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Handel’s Messiah, Esther, and Saul, and the Verdi Requiem. Mr. Adams’ variety of concert

performance opportunities include soloist work in Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and various halls throughout the

country and in Europe. Mr. Adams may be heard as the Celebrant in Rachmaninov’s Liturgy of Saint John of Chrysostum on a critically

acclaimed recording of the work by the Kansas City Chorale for Nimbus Records. Recently Mr. Adams’ work with the Kansas City

Chorale, in conjunction with the Phoenix Bach Choir, has garnered many accolades.

For Baritone Joshua Lawlor, a Kansas City native. musicianship and an instinctive musicality have established a particularly frequent place on the oratorio and recital stages. He has sung with many of the city's most respected concert organizations, and consistently delivers stirring solo performances as our flourishing arts community explores fresh repertoire, both ancient and modern. Some of his favorite performances with William Baker choirs include Brahms' German Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah, and Ernst Bloch’s stirring setting of the Jewish service Avodath Hakodesh. Strong musical skill has also allowed for the breadth of modern music in Mr. Lawlor's repertoire. He has premiered roles in new works including six operas and a number of song-cycles. His young studio of voice students continues to gain attention for fine singing and strong preparation; those wishing to pursue a career in music have gained entrance to some of the

country's most prestigious conservatories.

The appearance of Joshua Lawlor in today’s concert is made possible by a grant from Choral Foundation

Music Director William O. Baker and Executive Associate Music Director Lynn Swanson in memory of Kenneth Babcock.

JAMEA SALE, MMEPrivate Instruction in Voice

Master of Music Education in Choral Pedagogy University of Kansas

Faculty of the Institute for Healthy SingingSpecialist is Science-Based Vocal Singing

Instruction

jameaful@gmail.com 913-9693-5639

It’s Never Too Late to give yourself PIANO LESSONS!

THE WILLIAM BAKER FESTIVAL SINGERS

Dr. William O. Baker, Music Director & ConductorChristine Freeman, Associate Music Director & Vocal Coach

Jamea Sale, Choral Assistant Dr. O. Wayne Smith, Organist

Jennifer Berroth, Student Intern

AUDITIONSThe William Baker Festival Singers has

delighted audiences from Chicago to Atlanta and from

New York to Texas since coming to Kansas City in 1998.

The Festival Singers’ signature programming includes

short-form sacred a cappella classics and spirituals in addition to

Johann Sebastian Bach’s ST. MATTHEW PASSION with

distinguished soloists and members of the Kansas City Symphony.

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